Investigation into the potential risk of entanglement of marine mammals with discarded fishing gear associated with floating offshore wind farms
Buyer: Scottish Government
- Published
- 12 December 2024
- Estimated value
- £129,544
- Place of performance
- UKM
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 040031-2024
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-048563
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 45262640Environmental improvement works
- 71313400Environmental impact assessment for construction
- 71313420Environmental standards for construction
- 71313430Environmental indicators analysis for construction
- 71313440Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services for construction
- 71313450Environmental monitoring for construction
- 73110000Research services
- 73112000Marine research services
Description
The Offshore Wind Directorate invites a tender from a suitable contractor to define the risk of entanglement with discarded fishing gear around mooring lines at floating offshore wind farm (FOW) sites. The Scottish Government has set a range of targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to generate more energy from renewable sources. The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2019 commits the Scottish Government to reach net zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045. Offshore wind will play a vital part in meeting these targets, and is set to expand substantially in Scotland over the next decade and beyond, as evident by the recent ScotWind seabed leasing round by the Crown Estate Scotland. In January 2021 and through its clearing process in August 2022, Crown Estate Scotland has offered Option Agreements for 20 offshore wind projects around Scotland totalling 27.6GW of potential new offshore wind developments. The related offshore wind Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) decarbonisation planning and leasing process outlined a further 5.4GW of projects. This project will assess entanglement risk by using monitoring tools such as load cells, remote operated vehicles (ROV) and o…
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SAMS Applied Marine Science Enterprise Limited | — | — |
Official publications
- FTS · 040031-2024 · 12 December 2024
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